Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,033
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,839
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	194
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	701
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	121
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	10
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	25

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	15
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	10
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	159,668
Hospital beds	2,828

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	385,293
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	93,164
Other HMOs (1998)	12	292,129

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,349,541	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	935,772	69.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	203,898	15.1
Blacks (1999)	128,865	9.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	15,182	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	65,824	4.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	225,237	16.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,965
Avg median household income (1997)	39,099
Persons in poverty (1997)	146,124
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4